Which three attitude signals are provided to the control section by the guidance section for steering the missile?

• A. Pitch, yaw, and altitude
• B. Roll, pitch, and speed
• C. Yaw, roll, and temperature
• D. Pitch, yaw, and roll

Answer: (D)

Attitude signals describe how the missile is oriented in space, captured by three angles: pitch, yaw, and roll. The guidance section provides these three angular signals to the control section so it can compute how to deflect control surfaces or adjust thrust to steer and maintain the desired flight path. Altitude and speed are positional or velocity measures, not orientation angles, and temperature is unrelated to attitude. So the three attitude signals used to steer are pitch, yaw, and roll.